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CVE-1999-0199

manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.2 lacks a statement about the unspecified tdelete return value upon deletion of a tree's root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose developer was unaware of a documentation update from 1999.

Published

2020-10-06T13:15:13.087

Last Modified

2024-11-20T23:28:06.727

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-252

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	glibc	< 2.2	Yes

References

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz Product, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz Product, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)